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Angela Christiano, Ph.D., is not a typical researcher. Dr. Christiano studies a hair loss disease called alopecia areata. She...
Alopecia Areata
NIH's Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study wants to know what—if any—impact screen time, among many other factors, has...
Screen Time
Here's a surefire conversation starter: Tell a group of parents that you're studying whether too much screen time...
Screen Time
The measles mumps rubella (MMR) vaccine is one of the most effective around. It is 97% effective against the viruses when...
Measles
In 2000, measles had all but stopped spreading in the U.S. That's because vaccination rates were high enough to...
Measles
Researchers are looking to certain U.S. states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania, to better understand bipolar disorder—a mental illness that...
Bipolar Disorder
More than 1 million people in the U.S. live with melanoma, a type of skin cancer. While there is no...
Skin Cancer, Cancer
Penny A. Asbell, M.D., led a study to see if omega-3 fatty acid supplements really help dry eye. The...
Dry Eye
Tiffany Powell-Wiley, M.D., M.P.H., is dedicated to making Americans healthier. She focuses on research related to heart...
Exercise
There may not be a cure yet, but many scleroderma experts are optimistic about ongoing research into new treatments. We...
Scleroderma
Maureen Mayes, M.D., is the founder and director of the Scleroderma Clinical and Research Program at the University of...
Scleroderma
More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdose every day. That's four times higher than the number of opioid overdose...
Opioids
Tiina K. Urv, Ph.D., leads the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network, part of NIH’s Office of Rare Diseases Research....
Rare Diseases
Andrea L. Gropman, M.D., studies rare diseases with support from NIH and the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network. She...
Rare Diseases
For more than 30 years, Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., has pioneered the development of immunotherapies and gene therapies...
Cancer Immunotherapy
At the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Director Diana Bianchi, M.D., is...
Opioids
Iceland may be key to helping us understand how and why women get polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Researchers, with support...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Nearly 86 million people in the U.S. have high blood pressure. (Blood pressure over 140/90 is traditionally defined as high blood...
Blood Pressure
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a tricky disease. No one knows what causes it, but while there isn't yet a...
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dorry Segev, M.D., Ph.D., is a leader in the field of organ transplantation. The Johns Hopkins University surgeon...
Kidney Transplant
